Benjamin Truxal

Benjamin
Truxal was born in
Westmoreland County
,
Penn., March 22, 1842, and is a son of Henry
and Elizabeth (Searly)
Truxal, both natives of Pennsylvania. Our subject was reared and
educated in that State, learning the machinist's trade in
Pittsburg
,
Penn.
In 1862 he enlisted in Company L, One Hundred and Second Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry as private, was seriously wounded in the left
shoulder in front of
Petersburg
,
June 18, 1864
, and disabled for further service. He came to
Chattanooga
in 1870, and established what is now the Enterprise Machine Works. In
1870 be married Miss Mary Locke, of
Pennsylvania, who presented him with one child - a
daughter named Eva. Mr. Truxal is a Republican, a Mason, and a Knight of
Pythias.